Adults understandably assume that the level of verbal proficiency a five-year-old displays represents his level of proficiency in ...all areas of functioning--if he talks like an adult, he must think and feel like one. However, five-year-olds,... belie the promise of adult-like behavior with their child-like, impulsive actions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The frantic search of five-year-olds for friends can thus be seen to forecast the beginnings of a basic shift in the parent-child ...relationship, a shift which will occur gradually over many long years, and in which a child needs not only the support of child allies engaged in the same struggle but also the understanding of his parents.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Tomorrow in the offices the year on the stamps will be altered;Tomorrow new diaries consulted, new calendars stand;...With such small adjustments life will again move forwardImplicating us all; and the voice of the living be heard:"It is to us that you should turn your straying attention;Us who need you, and are affected by your fortune;Us you should love and to whom you should give your word."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Jerry: She's one of those third-year girls that gripe my liver.Milo: Third-year girls?...Jerry: Yeah, you know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture. They give me a swift pain.Milo: Why?Jerry: They're officious and dull. They're always making profound observations they've overheard.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »